68th Annual Rockwall Youth Fair coming March 24-27 to new location

68th Annual Rockwall Youth Fair coming March 24-27 to new location

ROCKWALL, TX – March 16, 2021 – March 24-27 marks the 68th Annual Rockwall Youth Fair at a new location, Rockwall County Courthouse, 1111 East Yellow Jacket Lane. The purpose of the Rockwall Youth Fair is to promote the education, constructive talents and leadership skills of the youth of the community by conducting clinics, training […]

Rockwall County transitions from COVID waitlist to mass vaccination notification list

Rockwall County transitions from COVID waitlist to mass vaccination notification list

From Rockwall County Office of Emergency Management ROCKWALL, TX – March 15, 2021 – Rockwall County is transitioning from the waitlist to a mass vaccination NOTIFICATION list. The Helping Hands/Rockwall County vaccine waitlist has been closed. Over the next few weeks, the county will continue to utilize the original waitlist to ensure all 1A and […]

Best of the Best: Rockwall Stingerettes win big at Showtime International Dance Competition

Best of the Best: Rockwall Stingerettes win big at Showtime International Dance Competition

ROCKWALL, TX – March 12, 2021 – The Rockwall High School Stingerettes Varsity Drill Team, the Showstoppers Elite Team and Officers competed at the Showtime International dance competition February 27 in Mansfield.  The team entered in the Contemporary, Jazz, and Hip-Hop categories where they won first place in all three! The Showstoppers Elite team entered in Open, […]

Mobile food pantry returns to Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church Rockwall March 16

Mobile food pantry returns to Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church Rockwall March 16

ROCKWALL, TX – March 11, 2021 – Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church has a Catholic Charities Dallas mobile community food pantry every third Tuesday of the month from 9-11 a.m. The next date for the mobile pantry at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church is March 16.  Fresh fruit, vegetables, and other […]

Rein-ing Champ: Local gelding named Horse of the Year

Rein-ing Champ: Local gelding named Horse of the Year

ROCKWALL, TX – March 11, 2021 – Hermès, a local gelding trained at Black Star Sport Horses, just earned the prestigious title of Horse of the Year, awarded by the United States Equestrian Federation. Trainer Jessica Blackmon-White won a world title on Hermès last fall at the Grand National & World Morgan Horse Show in Oklahoma […]

Crawfish boil at Southern Junction to benefit Fate DPS Officer Clint Willoughby

Crawfish boil at Southern Junction to benefit Fate DPS Officer Clint Willoughby

March 11, 2021 – A Crawfish Boil benefiting Fate DPS Officer Clint Willoughby is planned for 5 p.m.  Sunday, March 21 at Southern Junction Nightclub and Steakhouse, 5574 Highway 276 in Royse City. Willoughby was diagnosed with COVID-19 on November 24, 2020 and hospitalized on December 3. He was put on a ventilator the next […]

Then and Now: New aerial photo of City of Rockwall unveiled at historic courthouse

Then and Now: New aerial photo of City of Rockwall unveiled at historic courthouse

ROCKWALL, TX – March 9, 2021 – The Rockwall County Historical Commission today unveiled an aerial photo of the City of Rockwall. County commissioners and members of the RCHC gathered in the basement of the Historic County Courthouse, where the new photo is on display next to a similar aerial photo taken 50 years ago. […]